The Penn's Grove record., 1887-04-30

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the newspaper men.
TmE INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
law has provoked much discussion and
adverse criticism becausesom railroads
have increased the freight charges to
and from some points to an equality
lust. and indiscriminate proportion
paid to other points. 1t may have been
necessary TO do this in some cases and
not SO in others. Wheren not necessary
, IL NAV have been done So as to raise an
adverse public sentiment ag ainst the
law under the plea that the law com
PEELED the increased charges, But allow
the increased charges were necessary 1t
only shows what com muuities have
been uniustly favored at the expenses
of other places from where we hear
no complaint of the law. If it costs
$500 to carry u freight from Chicago
to Boston, it should not cost any more
and in fact net as much to carry it to
New Y ork or Philadelphia. So 1t
ought not cost more to carry a freight
from Woodstown, being an inland town
with no competing commerce. than 1t
does from Salem. which h1s water com
petition, to Philadelphia. These arethe
Just principles on which the law was
founded and they ought to stand the
test of common sense.
The trouble is from tile fact that
some communities have had discrimina-
tions in their favor against others situ.
ated more near the center Of trade and
the worlds commerce. Consequen tly
industries have grown up in favored
places or this mushroom of protection
and hindered the progress OF diversified
industries where, not discrimination,
but natural advantages of situation
should have favored them from distant
competition by equal and just
freights to and from those communi-
ties. \ ton of coal ought not to cost
as much in Philadelphia as it does in
Penusgrove by the amount Of freight
charges from Philadelphia to Penns-
grove, yet coal does cost more in Phil
adelphia than the same does even in
Boston because of the unjust discrim-
nation of the railroads.
The more the people. Study this law
and understand it, we think, they will
see the great benefit it will do the COM
merce at large in this nation although
it may act against some pet industry
which has been u~niustiy favored. Wa
CONS, for instance ought to be manu-
featured cheaper in thissection and de
Iiyered cheaper to the buyer than wa
CONS can be manufactured in Chicago
and sold here because, this section is
situated nearer the raw materials such
as coal. and iron, and where machiu-
cry ought to be purchased cheaper.
Yet such is not always the case as the
Western manufacturers and farmers
aud also the Southerners have been get
ting very low,freight charges which has
operated very greatly against Eastern.
manufacturers aud farmers who have
been taxed heavily on their produce
sent to market, while the Western and
Southern producers have been greatly
favored by very low frieghts. One of
our Southern sturgeon fishermen told
rs they had special express rates from
Florida to New York which was but
little more than the regular freight
would have been. Also an orange
dealer had such low freights that it
would cost but a few cents to ship a
box Of oranges from Florida to Philad-
elphia while if he had bought a box of
oranges in Florida and sent them north
it would cost more than the oranges
could be bought for in the Northern
market. This was unjust. The farm.
ers viii at once see where they will be
greatly benefited by this law which al
most every newspaper is kicking be-
cause it has touched some ones pet
corn which would have not grown if it
had only natural advantages. After
the once favored industries once get
adjusted to the law Of justice and
equality the whole country will he
greatly benefited by the increased di-
versity Of industries which win grow
up and be protected, not by the robbery
of one section at the expense |ofanother
but by the natural advantages of situa-
ton and natural products from the
earth and be secure from a downfall by
a healthy and natural growth.